Tea Broth Color...The Key to Steeping Perfection...Find your Sweet Spot…
How to Make Tea that is Perfect...Every Cup...
Steeping perfection is easier than you think...
Tea Broth color is the key to Steeping Perfection.
So if you have a way to observe and control the color of the broth, shazam, you’ve got it! A simple recipe for how to make tea that will always satisfy your craving.
What is a good way to observe and control the color of tea broth? Prepare your tea in something clear, like a clear glass infuser…
The perfect infusion results from combining the right amount of tea, the right temperature of water, and time. Balancing these conditions is easiest when you can see the leaf ingredients diffuse into the hot water, becoming the broth.
When these three variables are managed through observation, reliable consistency can be achieved infusion after infusion. Using something clear to infuse allows you to observe the steeping leaves so you can learn how to make tea that is perfect every time..
With each subsequent infusion, conditions change and the tea exhausts its useful life as the ingredients from the leaves are drawn into the broth..
Loose-leaf teas are not only capable of multiple infusions, but they should be infused multiple times. By enjoying the tea at all stages of infusion, you prolong your tea inventory, use your teas sustainably and consciously, and, most importantly, get everything from the tealeaves they offer.
Over multiple infusions, your ability to observe the color of the tea broth will allow you to consistently steep to a desired flavor profile by pouring your tea and removing the leaves from the water when the desired color is reached. Relying on a specified amount of time does not consider how the ingredients in the tealeaves change infusion after infusion, so it becomes easy to under- or over-steep.
On your first infusion, to best learn how to make each new tea you encounter, we recommend under-steeping the tealeaves, resulting in a broth color that is intentionally lighter than you might think you will enjoy. You then taste and observe the color of the broth, using your observation to determine if you will adjust the broth color on your next infusions.
Once you find your Sweet Spot for each tea, this becomes the reference color for future infusions.
Monitoring the tea broth color gives the most consistent cup result. It is important to maintain consistency in the amount of tea leaves - we recommend the three-finger pinch - and the correct water temperature, which changes depending on the tea, to isolate the broth color as the dependent variable.
Observing the broth color during the infusion process makes Steeping Perfection a sure thing…Every Cup!
